Genesis 5:2

He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them Adam.

World English Bible

In The King James Version

Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

In Context

1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God’s likeness.

3Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:15The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

Malachi 2:15Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Mark 10:6But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:2-6

Genealogies. ( b. c. 3852.) 1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; 2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 3 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: 4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: 5 And all the days that… Read the whole commentary →

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